History Series / MortalKombatConquest

'''''Mortal Kombat: Conquest''''' was a live-action TV series based off the highly successful MortalKombat video games.

'''''Mortal Kombat: Conquest''''' was a live-action TV series based off the highly successful MortalKombat video games.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Mileena. Inverted when she first appears; she's uglier than her game counterpart, since her ugliness isn't limited to her lower face. Played straight after she partly loses her Kitana disguise; she still looks beautiful, save for some long teeth, which aren't so prominent as in the game.

* CelibateHero: Averted. As a monk Kung Lao should have been but he still flirted with lots of women and got some action with [[spoiler:Mileena]].

* CombatPragmatist: Shao Kahn doesn't hesitate to kick Raiden while he's down and punch him while he's already choking him.

** The one-shot character Tomas is pretty much a bland version of Johnny Cage, at least in appearance. He even uses his [[GroinAttack Nutcracker]] move at one point.

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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Shao Kahn literally kills every major character at the end of the season. Season 2 would have had [[DivineIntervention the Elder Gods intervening]] and hitting the ResetButton [[http://www.mksecrets.net/index.php?section=mkc&lang=eng&contentID=5900&title=Mortal-Kombat-Conquest-Ending-and-Story-Timeline]] , but the show was cancelled, so Shao Kahn pretty much wins.]]

* MoreThanMindControl: In one episode a spell was cast to bring out all of the main three's worst traits.

* PervertDad: In Episode 5: "The Essence," Kitana has to repeatedly remind Shao Kahn that she is his daughter, even if adopted against her will. She goes as far as to suggest he... "admire" the picture of her in her mother's room. His implications are explicit enough that it crosses into VillainousIncest. It does explain, however, why over the course of over 11 games Shao Kahn never has a "no daughter of mine is gonna dress like that" reaction to Kitana's Stripperiffic clothing.
** Interestingly enough, Kitana then downplays their relationship in Episode 12, emphasizing that she's his stepdaughter and thus owes him no loyalty or obedience. Shao Kahn's intentions are even more explicit in that episode, with extra Squick coming from his reaction to Mileena's offer to do "anything" if he lets her keep Kitana's beautiful face, and from his interaction with Kitana at the beginning it almost seems like Shao Kahn ordered Kung Lao killed out of jealousy that Kitana favored Kung Lao over him.

* RaceLift: Chinese Shaolin monk Kung Lao is portrayed by Filipino-American Paolo Montalban.

** Kung Lao and Kitana were teased as well during her appearances on the show, particularly Episode 12 when Kung Lao [[spoiler: sleeps with Mileena under the impression that she's Kitana.]]
* ShirtlessScene: Although it doesn't go near to balance out the amount of female characters in bikinis, there's still a fair few of these.

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* TricksterMentor: Raiden could tell the gang the answers but doesn't feel like it most of the time.

Mortal Kombat: Conquest was a live-action TV series based off the highly successful MortalKombat video games.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Shao Kahn literally kills every major character at the end of the season. Season 2 would have had [[DivineIntervention the Elder Gods intervening]] and hitting the ResetButton [[http://www.mksecrets.net/index.php?section=mkc&lang=eng&contentID=5900&title=Mortal-Kombat-Conquest-Ending-and-Story-Timeline]] ]], but the show was cancelled, so Shao Kahn pretty much wins.]]

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: Even if we ignore the KillEmAll DownerEnding as AllJustADream ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen as planned by the writers]])]], we cannot forget that Kung Lao's fate is to be defeated by Goro.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Shao Kahn literally kills every major character at the end of the season. It was going to be revealed to be AllJustADream in season 2, but the show was cancelled, so Shao Kahn pretty much wins.]]

The series is regarded as something of a cult classic. It was finally released on DVD in March 2015, and has an infamous ending that divides fans to this day.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Mileena. Inverted when she first appears; she's uglier than her game counterpart, since her ugliness isn't limited to her lower face. Played straight after she partly loses her Kitana disguise; she still looks beautiful, save for some long teeth, wich aren't so prominent as in the game.

* SoBadItsGood: {{WebVideo/Phelous}}, in his review of the last episode, said that while the show is very flawed, [[GuiltyPleasure it's a lot of fun.]]

* SoBadItsGood: Phelous, in his review of the last episode, said that while the show is very flawed, [[GuiltyPleasure it's a lot of fun.]]

The series is regarded as something of a cult classic. It has not been released on DVD in the US, and has an infamous ending that divides fans to this day.

* ShipTease: Taja and Siro had quite a few little moments where they seemed like more than just friends. Also, Kung Lao and Kitana were massively teased in Episode 12, although it was more on Kung Lao's side than Kitana's.

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Shang Tsung.

The series is regarded as something of a cult classic. It has not been released on DVD, and has an infamous ending that divides fans to this day.

* ConsipcuousCGI: The teleportation effects and transformations are ''very'' conspicuous CGI.

!Tropes:

* TheBadGuyWins: The show ends with [[spoiler: Shao Kahn killing everyone and gloating over a beaten Raiden, the only survivor]].

* TheVamp: Vorpax

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Shao Kahn literally kills every major character at the end of the season. It was going to be revealed to be AllJustADream in season 2, but the show was cancelled, so Shao Kahn pretty much wins.

* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Most dialogue between men and women tends to suggest they want only one thing. Even Kung Lao is implied to have lost an old relic in a woman's house, and the woman is very happy to see him again. Exceptions are Kitana, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero (though Scorpion could be implied to have a healthy sex life since he has a wife, [[spoiler: until Sub-Zero kills her]])

-->'''Shao Kahn''': Let's see what gifts we have for our guests. a traitor...dead. Two sorcerers ...dead. A queen...dead. A daughter...dead. A bodyguard...dead. A thief...dead. A champion...dead. '''[[KneelBeforeZod You... will... bow! To... Me.]]'''

* AnIcePerson: Sub-Zero

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]

* ThisIsSparta: From Shao Kahn to Raiden in the final episode's end:
-->'''Shao Kahn''': Let's see what gifts we have for our guests. a traitor...dead. Two sorcerers ...dead. A queen...dead. A daughter...dead. A bodyguard...dead. A thief...dead. A champion...dead. '''[[KneelBeforeZod You... will... bow! To... Me.]]'''

* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Most dialogue between men and women tends to suggest [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean they want only one thing]]. Even Kung Lao is implied to have lost an old relic in a woman's house, and the woman is very happy to see him again. Exceptions are Kitana, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero (though Scorpion could be implied to have a healthy sex life since he has a wife, [[spoiler: until Sub-Zero kills her]])